8/11/2019 Malala Wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Seventeen civilians have been killed in the last few days in the
disputed Kashmir region, the
worst violence for decades.
Satyarthi, who founded a consumer campaign in the 1980s to
combat child labour in thehandmade carpet industry, said he was
delighted, calling the Nobel prizerecognition of our
fight for child rights.
The low-profile 60-year-old activist heads the Global March
Against Child Labour, a
combination of some 2,000 social groups and union organisations
in 140 countries. He is
credited with helping tens of thousands of children forced into
slavery by businessmen,
landowners and others to gain their freedom.
Something which was born in India has gone global and now we
have a global movement
against child labour, he told Indian television.The chairman of
the Norwegian NobelCommittee, Thorbjoern Jagland, said Malalas
youth was not a factor in awarding the prize.
Our consideration has been to highlight the young who have stood
up...and the old who have
worked for years against child labour and for childrens rights,
he said.We have noticed thatshe has received a long line of other
prizes....The most important thing in the fight against
extremism is to give young people hope, he added.
Since her brush with death, Malala has become an international
star. She received a standing
ovation in July 2013 for an address to the United Nations
General Assembly in which she vowed
she would never be silenced.Malala said she was honoured to have
been chosen as joint winner
of the Nobel Prize on Friday.
Im feeling honoured that Im being chosen as a Nobel Laureate,
she said, speaking fromBirmingham, England, where she is now based.
Im proud that Im the first Pakistani and firstyoung woman, or the
first young person, who is getting this award.
Malala dedicated her Nobel peace prize to voiceless children
around the world, and called on
the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers to attend the award
ceremony for the sake of peace.The
